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This arrangement began as a spontaneous creation during one of Jenifer’s recent “Comforting Hymns” sessions…via live on facebook.
Due to numerous requests, Jenifer has written out the arrangement and now it’s available in print.
Great is Thy Faithfulness became a public domain hymn this past January!
I have an advanced piano arrangement in the works for this well-loved hymn to be published by the end of September 2019.
Here’s a sneak preview of the first page:
Just re-published “Then Sings My Soul” formerly known as “How Great Thou Art”.
I was asked by the music company that owns the lyrics to the words of “How Great Thou Art” to rename this arrangement or otherwise pay royalties for the use of the phrase “How Great Thou Art”.
I personally don’t feel they can universally own the phrase “How Great Thou Art” but sincerely want to stay above board on this issue. (It’s been and is still a very controversial issue with others besides myself).
The reason for my delay was trying to locate the original file to rename the arrangement. I just found the file this morning while rummaging through old files that I had searched before numerous times. (I was thinking the file had been lost a couple years ago when I accidentally deleted alot of my music files)
I’ve had MANY requests for this arrangement since taking it offline for awhile during the re-naming process.
Thanks for your interest! I truly enjoy writing for you all!
Just to let my readers know I have entered a contest with my advanced piano arrangement of God Bless America.
The contest is hosted by Sheet Music Plus. The name of the contest is ArrangeMe which involves legally arranging copyrighted songs from a select list.
I normally don’t enter music writing competitions but I’ve always wanted to write a piano arrangement for God Bless America.
The contest rules are: Whoever brings in the most money in sales between June 8th through July 12th 2016….wins $300
No pressure! 🙂 Available for sale at Sheet Music Plus (Not for sale on our site due to copyright limitations).
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Just published the sheet music for the advanced piano solo of “The Love of God”.
I love to play runs as you will notice in this arrangement. I guess you could say this arrangement is “overrun” with runs 😉
Seriously, I tried to bring the words to life in this beautiful hymn.
“The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen can ever tell;
It goes beyond the highest star And reaches to the lowest hell.
The guilty pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win;
His erring chile He reconciled And pardoned from his sin.
Chorus:
The love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure, The saints’ and angels song.“
The touching message of verse three was found written on the wall of an insane asylum….penned by a male patient. These soul-stirring words were discovered at the time of his death.
“Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made,
Were ev’ry stalk on earth a quill, And ev’ry man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Tho’ stretched from sky to sky.”
What an awesome message all wrapped up in one verse! I would venture to say this man was in his right mind when he composed this heart warming message.
Hear complete arrangement on my youtube channel
*Special note: I will be providing an article with free fill-in alternatives for the runs to those who prefer the less busy passages 🙂
Yesterday, I started a new advanced piano solo arrangement of “The Love of God”.
I have struggled in the past trying to write a piano solo version of The Love of God. Several years ago I created a vocal trio with piano accompaniment for this hymn. It was easier to write since I didn’t have to stick to the melody.
As I sat at the piano yesterday…a motive (a melodic pattern)… just came to me which you will hear in the introduction. I tried to stay true to the style of the song so as not to distract from the message.
This particular arrangement will be written in my “free style” of playing which I enjoy the most. ( no structure!) yay! Although structure does make the arrangement more user-friendly.
Thanks to many such as Ashley & Karen who have requested that I write an arrangement for The Love of God.
The Love of God (audio sample)
